THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 15, 1989.
NEARLY TWO INCHES OF RAIN
A TOTAL OF 1.955 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE COLONY BETWEEN 10 A.M. YESTERDAY
HIGHER SUGAR QUOTA FOR
THE EMPIRE
LONDON, TO-DAY. AND 9 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING, THE INTERNATIONAL SUGAR THE "CHINA MAIL" LEARNED | COUNCIL, MEETING IN LONDON FROM THE ROYAL OBSERVA- YESTERDAY, UNANIMOUSLY TORY THIS MORNING.
DECIDED TO ADOPT THE RE- As might well be expected, the COMMENDATION MADE BY THE heaviest rain was between 8 and 9 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE LAST o'clock last night, when buckets of MONTH THAT PART OF THE water fell for almost an hour. This ADDITIONAL SUGAR REQUIRED was succeeded by brilliant flashes DURING THE CURRENT QUOTA of lightning in the direction of Lye- YEAR SHOULD BE OBTAINED mun Pass, while during the early BY ALLOWING BRITISH DOMIN- hours of this morning, a cool, strong | IONS AND COLONIES TO IN- wind blew for several hours.
The heaviest rain fell between 8 and 9 o'clock last night, when 1:47 inches of rain was recorded in the Observatory's rain-guage. During the rest of the night, rain was only intermittent, ranging from 0.25 inches between 9 and 10 p.m. to 0.10 inches between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning.
Another heavy rainfall was ex- perienced at about 9 o'clock this morning, but the actual amount had not been computed at the time of going to press.
PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION OF WAR-TIME CHINA
Under the auspices of the Chin- ese Women's Club of Hongkong and the China Defence League, an exhibition of unusually fine photo- graphs illustrating contemporary
conditions and reconstruction work in the interior of China will be held in the Chinese Women's Club Office, Ice House Street, from Sunday to
CREASE THEIR QUOTAS FOR THAT YEAR BY 153,265 METRIC TONS:
This increase was claimed under Article XIV of the International Sugar Agreement.
The action is being taken instead of deferring that adjustment to the third year.
The following is the division of the above-mentioned figure: South African Union, 14,570, Australia 28,330; the British Colonial Em- pire 110,365 metric tons.
An additional quota of 7,000 metric tons has been granted to Haiti for the current year.-Reu- ter.
ATTEMPT TO LAND IN KWANGTUNG
Szewui, Kwangtung, To-day. Japanese marines from four war- ships and more than ten steamboats attempted to land at Siulam, about 12 miles northeast of Kongmoon and some 40 miles north of Macao,
Wednesday, June 18-21 inclusive. on Monday,
Greeted by furious Chinese fire,
An admission fee of ten cents will be charged by the Club in or- der to secure additional funds for they retired to their warships. Five of the steamboats were sunk, result- its relief work.
As these pictures have never beening in a number of Japanese being
killed. shown anywhere before, it is ex-
on
pected that large numbers of Hong- According to a report from Ying- kong residents will visit the exhibi- tak, a thousand Japanese at Kung- tion next week. School authorities | wohu in the Tsengshing sector ought to be specially interested in were attacked by the Chinese the exhibition, as the exhibits, quite Sunday. After sustaining heavy their artistic appeal, losses, they retired to Fukwohu.— apart from show vividly from every angle bet-Central News. ter than anything else can the real
state of China in war-time.
BRITISH GENERAL FOR FINLAND
London, To-day.
400,000 MEN IN "TERRIERS"
London, To-day.
Total strength of the Territorial Army is now approximately 406,000| officers and men.
In view of his previous, associa tions with Finland, General Sir Recruiting for doubling of the Walter Kirke, Director-General of Territorial field army during the Territorial Army, was invited | fortnight ended June 10, brought to revisit that country,
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SWATOW RAID
-Swatow, To-day.
Four bombs were dropped in the city yesterday morning by a lone Japanese plane.
Only one house was damaged, no casualties.being, suffered.
In the afternoon another plane appeared over the city and flew in- land over the Chao-On Swatow Rallway Line, Our Own Corres- pondent,
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